On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> But it's not actually costing them anything? They would be putting the
> images up anyway, so THEY are the only ones who gain by getting back free
> vectorized data?
No donor to OSM gets special terms or access to the data.
You and I donate data :: we get OSM data under the OSM License
RichardF donates code :: he gets OSM data under the OSM License
Yahoo! donated imagery for years :: they get OSM data under the OSM License
MapQuest actual big money :: they get OSM data under the OSM License
USGS donated PD data :: they get OSM data under the OSM License
etc.
Bing is now donating aerial imagery :: they get OSM data under the OSM License
People consume OSM data without making a donation :: they get OSM data
under the OSM License
It's all the same.